Cool. I gambled with a weak Elston Howard season and it worked out better than I had hoped. I have no idea how Elston made the All Star team with such a weak season. He wasn't yet an established star and wasn't even the best catcher on his own team!

OK, there is no way that this should be stressing me out as much as it is...I picked Urbina hoping I would get a high draft choice, but I feel as if there are 4-5 directions I could go here and be justified...in the end, I've got to pass up on bigger names and think cost effectiveness here...

That's what makes this draft so fun. Every pick, you have 4-5 names you want, and you know whichever guys you don't pick will probably be gone by your next pick... You end up changing strategies about a half-dozen (or more) times throughout the draft. They key is to maintain some level of flexibility as long as possible.

I'm still not happy with my pick, but really like the concept of the league. I think the Drysdale player selection (by schwarze, not my pick) was great; in hindsight, I like this much better than my strategy of a low-cost all-star with 2 quality teammates...I'm not sure the 1st pick was worth it (you wouldn't know it by the fact that my 1st pick was a low salary guy, however...).